CVE-2022-41751

Exp

Jhead 3.06.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by placing them in a JPEG filename and then using the regeneration -rgt50 option.

Published: 2022-10-17 Last update: 2025-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-41751 is rated Exploit Available (50.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-41751

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-41751

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-24 0.05% 0.04% -0.01%
2 2025-11-21 0.15% 0.05% -0.10%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-41751

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-41751

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-41751

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-41751 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (jhead), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-41751
gentoo normal CVE-2022-41751: 1 GLSA(s) (202406-05), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/jhead); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-41751
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-41751 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jhead), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 7, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-41751

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-41751

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jhead_project jhead 3.06.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:jhead_project:jhead:3.06.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 35 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 36 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 37 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-41751

URL Tags
https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead Product Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/blob/63ce118c6a59ea64ac357236a11a47aaf569d622/jhead.c#L788 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/jhead/pull/57 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5NM6FET4ZNWV4EQGKZTLZFWTNVODGVOK/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EG26AD7KJAY5B6L6OERSGL4FRXJE3GOB/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TAVB3ZX7E5ULEXESU5NXZIAHY6CVGCHB/
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5294 Third Party Advisory
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